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Why can’t you see it’s all perfect? I’m talking ALL of it…
the mending,
the brokenness,
the healing,
the sadness,
the struggle,
the release,
the disappointments,
the madness,
the love,
the joy,
the beauty,
the pain,
the breakdowns,
the breakthroughs,
the light,
the dark,
the fear,
the worry,
the growth,
the contraction,
the expansion,
the depth of your being,
the heartbreak,
the tears,
the discomfort,
the let go,
the letdown,
losing yourself,
finding yourself again,
the endings,
the beginnings,
the fading away of the old,
the stepping into the new,
the falling down,
and the getting up again….
What is this within yourself that believes all is not perfect?
What is this within yourself that believes everything must be controlled?
What is this within yourself that always seeks the comfort of clear cut paths and always needs to know a predetermined destination?
Why do you incessantly believe all is not well?
Why do you consistently choose to listen to fearful voices which remain stuck in past painful experiences?
Why continually struggle by paddling upstream, against life’s current, when instead you can flow and lightly float along in the excitement of anticipation as the universe gradually reveals each new blind twist and turn every step of the way?
Why fear this unknown adventure when instead you can thrive in it?
Why must there always be control instead of trust?
What would happen if you just released all form of control. What is this within yourself that fears this and why is it so afraid to just let go?
Well, this that is so fearful is not your heart. This much I can tell you…
Your heart wants so much more than these comfortable walls you’ve built around you to protect yourself against the unknown.
This same comfortable fortress is now suffocating you and the only thing it’s protecting you from is living as it slowly squeezes every ounce of life from you as you go about your self-restrictive and limited routines.
Bend when the wind blows, don’t fight it, because that’s when you won’t break. When you stop trying to overcome what you believe stands in your way, is when you’ll finally understand that whatever’s in your way is all part of the way there.
Stop denying yourself from living your dream and all the abundance this life has to offer. There is more than enough for everyone, and this includes this deeper love you desire.
So again, what is it within yourself that is so afraid that it’s literally preventing you from living the life you know you want and deserve?
I could give you the answer, but I believe you already know what it is.
Just this once release this control and let go to see where it leads you.
Take a break from playing the lead actor in your drama for awhile. Forget the script of how it’s “supposed” to unfold. Try allowing someone else to star in your film every so often. Welcome in random, sporadic, and new characters when they appear. And if the plot takes a sudden, unexpected twist? Well, learn to do the tango and I’ll bet this dance leads to the places beyond your wildest dreams…but only if you get out of your own damn way and let it happen.
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